Iyyun
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IYYUN: The Jerusalem Philosophical Quarterly ("Iyyun" literally means "inquiry" or "study") is published by the S. H. Bergman Center for Philosophical Studies of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Iyyun was founded in 1945 as a Hebrew philosophical quarterly by Martin Buber
, S. H. Bergman, and Julius Guttmann
. As of volume 39 (1990), IYYUN appears four times a year: January and July in English
, April and October in Hebrew. Each English issue carries abstracts of the articles in the previous Hebrew issue.
Volume 1, no. 1 was published in October 1945, and it included papers by Ernst Cassirer
, Felix Weltsch
, Fritz Heinemann
, Nathan Rotenstreich
, and others. A double issue (vol. 1, nos. 2-3) followed in November 1946, and the fourth one appeared in July 1949, that is, from the end of World War II
and through Israel's War of Independence. Ever since January 1951 (vol. 2, no. 1), Iyyun has appeared regularly.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
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Iyyun was founded in 1945 as a Hebrew philosophical quarterly by Martin Buber
Martin Buber
Martin Buber was an Austrian-born Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and the I-It relationship....
, S. H. Bergman, and Julius Guttmann
Julius Guttmann
Julius Guttmann , born Yitzchak Guttmann was a German-born rabbi, Jewish theologian, and philosopher of religion.- Biography :...
. As of volume 39 (1990), IYYUN appears four times a year: January and July in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, April and October in Hebrew. Each English issue carries abstracts of the articles in the previous Hebrew issue.
Volume 1, no. 1 was published in October 1945, and it included papers by Ernst Cassirer
Ernst Cassirer
Ernst Cassirer was a German philosopher. He was one of the major figures in the development of philosophical idealism in the first half of the 20th century...
, Felix Weltsch
Felix Weltsch
Felix Weltsch , Dr. jur et phil., was a German-speaking Jewish librarian, philosopher, author, editor, publisher and journalist...
, Fritz Heinemann
Fritz Heinemann
----Fritz Heinemann was a German philosopher.Born in Lüneburg, he taught at Frankfurt University from 1930 to 1933.- Literary works :* Neue Wege der Philosophie, 1929...
, Nathan Rotenstreich
Nathan Rotenstreich
-Biography:Rotenstreich was born in 1914 in Sambir, Galicia, then in the Austria-Hungary, later in Poland, now in Ukraine. His father, Ephraim Fischel Rotenstreich, was a Zionist leader. In 1932, at the age of 18, Rotenstreich emigrated to Mandate Palestine....
, and others. A double issue (vol. 1, nos. 2-3) followed in November 1946, and the fourth one appeared in July 1949, that is, from the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and through Israel's War of Independence. Ever since January 1951 (vol. 2, no. 1), Iyyun has appeared regularly.
Notable articles
The following is a list of some notable articles in Iyyun:- "A Problem in the Empiricist Construal of Theories" (1972) - Carl G. Hempel (Hebrew with English summary)
- "The Uniqueness of the Natural Numbers" (1990) - Charles ParsonsCharles Parsons (philosopher)Charles Dacre Parsons is a distinguished figure in the philosophy of mathematics.He is a son of social scientist Talcott Parsons. A specialist in the philosophy of mathematics and logic, Parsons earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1961, under the direction of Burton Dreben and Willard Van...
- "A Lecture on Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed" (1998) - Shlomo PinesShlomo PinesShlomo Pines was a scholar of Jewish and Islamic philosophy, best known for his English translation of Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed.-Biography:...
(Hebrew) - "Consciousness and the Mind" (2002) - David RosenthalDavid RosenthalDavid Rosenthal may refer to:*David Rosenthal , American keyboardist, music producer, and songwriter*David H. Rosenthal , American author, poet, editor and translator*David M. Rosenthal , multiple people...
- "Self-knowledge, Intentionality, and Normativity" (2005) - Akeel BilgramiAkeel BilgramiAkeel Bilgrami is an Indian-born philosopher of language and of mind, and the author of Belief and Meaning, Self-Knowledge and Resentment, and Politics and the Moral Psychology of Identity , as well as various articles in Philosophy of Mind as well as in Political and Moral Psychology...
- "On the Usefulness of final ends" - Harry FrankfurtHarry FrankfurtHarry Gordon Frankfurt is an American philosopher. He is professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University and has previously taught at Yale University and Rockefeller University. He obtained his B.A. in 1949 and Ph.D. in 1954 from...
- "Dialogism and the Scientific Method" (2007) - Mara Beller
- "A Note on Steiner on Wittgenstein, Godel, and Tarski" (2008) - Hilary PutnamHilary PutnamHilary Whitehall Putnam is an American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist, who has been a central figure in analytic philosophy since the 1960s, especially in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of science...